Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 237 293 303
Rank change year-on-year +56 +10 -106
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 570 610 508
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.06% 0.91% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 1.07% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 240 296 387
10th Percentile £42,062 £42,608 £43,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £55,188 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,024 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.73% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,524 £87,500
90th Percentile £117,625 £96,250 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £64,108 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.51% -1.37% +9.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,724 57,096 47,568
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.81% 85.02% 93.78%
Number of salaries quoted 27,947 29,808 36,597
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,714 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.18% +4.22% -0.94%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 27 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 27 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +61 513 £70,000 +2.43% 324
London +103 281 £80,000 - 105
UK excluding London +2 241 £62,500 -2.51% 223
Work from Home +24 158 £72,000 +10.77% 222
South East +31 91 £62,500 -3.85% 89
North of England +32 48 £72,500 +11.54% 46
Midlands -7 43 £64,000 -6.91% 21
West Midlands +34 26 £57,468 -11.59% 12
East of England +47 24 £73,500 +1.38% 18
Yorkshire +15 24 £80,000 +15.27% 15
North West +31 23 £67,500 -3.57% 27
South West -7 17 £62,500 +16.28% 29
East Midlands -4 15 £80,000 +14.29% 9
Northern Ireland +9 10 - - 5
Scotland 0 6 £42,000 -24.95% 10
Wales +4 4 £53,750 -16.16% 7
North East +8 1 - - 4

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 17 (2.98%) Confluence
2 6 (1.05%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.88%) CMS
4 2 (0.35%) CICS
4 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.35%) MTS
5 1 (0.18%) Mule
Applications
1 14 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.28%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.53%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.53%) Trello
6 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (3.33%) Payment Gateway
2 13 (2.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.05%) Shopify
4 5 (0.88%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.18%) CiviCRM
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 84 (14.74%) Azure
2 79 (13.86%) SaaS
3 63 (11.05%) AWS
4 44 (7.72%) GCP
5 30 (5.26%) Vertex AI
6 28 (4.91%) PaaS
7 26 (4.56%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (3.16%) Azure AI
8 18 (3.16%) Power Platform
9 13 (2.28%) GitHub
9 13 (2.28%) H2O.ai
9 13 (2.28%) OpenShift
10 7 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (0.88%) GitHub Copilot
13 4 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
13 4 (0.70%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
14 3 (0.53%) Azure Machine Learning
14 3 (0.53%) Google Analytics
14 3 (0.53%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.58%) 5G
2 8 (1.40%) Broadband
3 7 (1.23%) PSTN
3 7 (1.23%) RTP
4 6 (1.05%) Ethernet
5 5 (0.88%) HTTP
5 5 (0.88%) WAN
5 5 (0.88%) Wireless
6 4 (0.70%) DNS
6 4 (0.70%) Kerberos
6 4 (0.70%) LAN
6 4 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.53%) Network Security
7 3 (0.53%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.35%) ATM
8 2 (0.35%) Firewall
8 2 (0.35%) GPRS
8 2 (0.35%) LTE
8 2 (0.35%) SAN
8 2 (0.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.51%) Metadata
1 20 (3.51%) Relational Database
2 18 (3.16%) Data Mining
3 16 (2.81%) NoSQL
3 16 (2.81%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (2.63%) Power BI
5 14 (2.46%) Data Lake
5 14 (2.46%) RDBMS
6 6 (1.05%) KDB
6 6 (1.05%) Kdb+
6 6 (1.05%) SAP BW
6 6 (1.05%) SQL Server
7 5 (0.88%) Tableau
8 4 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.53%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (0.53%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.53%) SAP HANA
10 2 (0.35%) DB2
11 1 (0.18%) Data Vault
11 1 (0.18%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 37 (6.49%) JIRA
2 6 (1.05%) TeamCity
3 4 (0.70%) ERwin
3 4 (0.70%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.70%) Spinnaker
4 3 (0.53%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 3 (0.53%) PowerDesigner
4 3 (0.53%) YouTrack
5 1 (0.18%) Bazaar
5 1 (0.18%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.18%) Jaeger
5 1 (0.18%) Selenium
5 1 (0.18%) WebDriver
General
1 231 (40.53%) Social Skills
2 208 (36.49%) Finance
3 130 (22.81%) Marketing
4 128 (22.46%) Analytical Skills
5 77 (13.51%) Law
6 63 (11.05%) Legal
7 49 (8.60%) Retail
8 48 (8.42%) Banking
9 46 (8.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 36 (6.32%) Financial Institution
11 32 (5.61%) Manufacturing
12 29 (5.09%) Electronics
13 27 (4.74%) Public Sector
14 24 (4.21%) Presentation Skills
14 24 (4.21%) Telecoms
15 18 (3.16%) Billing
15 18 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
16 16 (2.81%) Digital Economy
17 12 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
18 11 (1.93%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 152 (26.67%) Product Manager
2 92 (16.14%) Lead
3 82 (14.39%) Senior
4 30 (5.26%) Senior Manager
5 24 (4.21%) Product Owner
6 22 (3.86%) Architect
7 21 (3.68%) Security Engineer
7 21 (3.68%) Senior Product Manager
8 20 (3.51%) Product Management Director
9 18 (3.16%) Developer
10 16 (2.81%) Digital Product Manager
10 16 (2.81%) Product Delivery Manager
11 15 (2.63%) Product Lead
11 15 (2.63%) Software Engineer
12 14 (2.46%) Technical Support
13 13 (2.28%) Change Manager
14 12 (2.11%) Python Developer
15 11 (1.93%) Backend Developer
15 11 (1.93%) Head of Product Management
16 10 (1.75%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.51%) REST
1 20 (3.51%) YAML
2 15 (2.63%) Flask
3 13 (2.28%) Keras
3 13 (2.28%) PyTorch
3 13 (2.28%) TensorFlow
4 10 (1.75%) FastAPI
5 7 (1.23%) .NET
5 7 (1.23%) EDI
5 7 (1.23%) Node.js
6 6 (1.05%) React
7 4 (0.70%) Django
7 4 (0.70%) JSON
7 4 (0.70%) OAuth
7 4 (0.70%) SAML
7 4 (0.70%) SOAP
7 4 (0.70%) XML
8 3 (0.53%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.53%) Spring
8 3 (0.53%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 80 (14.04%) Product Ownership
2 54 (9.47%) Onboarding
3 39 (6.84%) Self-Motivation
4 33 (5.79%) Management Information System
5 21 (3.68%) Data Centre
6 20 (3.51%) Security Posture
7 19 (3.33%) Algorithms
8 18 (3.16%) AI Agents
9 15 (2.63%) Cloud Native
10 14 (2.46%) Driving Licence
10 14 (2.46%) Public Cloud
11 12 (2.11%) Mobile App
11 12 (2.11%) Social Media
12 8 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.40%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 8 (1.40%) Tandem
13 7 (1.23%) Derivative
13 7 (1.23%) IoT
13 7 (1.23%) Virtual Team
14 6 (1.05%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.40%) Windows
2 7 (1.23%) Linux
3 2 (0.35%) AIX
3 2 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.35%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (0.35%) zOS
4 1 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (47.37%) Roadmaps
2 236 (41.40%) Agile
3 153 (26.84%) Problem-Solving
4 128 (22.46%) Product Strategy
5 124 (21.75%) Product Roadmap
6 98 (17.19%) Analytics
7 97 (17.02%) Continuous Improvement
8 96 (16.84%) AI
9 89 (15.61%) User Experience
10 85 (14.91%) Stakeholder Management
11 83 (14.56%) Computer Science
12 79 (13.86%) Information Security
13 75 (13.16%) B2B
14 74 (12.98%) Decision-Making
15 70 (12.28%) Value Proposition
16 69 (12.11%) DevOps
17 68 (11.93%) Strategic Thinking
18 67 (11.75%) Machine Learning
19 66 (11.58%) Coaching
20 63 (11.05%) Product Vision
Programming Languages
1 48 (8.42%) Python
2 44 (7.72%) SQL
3 20 (3.51%) PowerShell
4 18 (3.16%) Java
5 6 (1.05%) C#
6 5 (0.88%) Go
7 3 (0.53%) C++
7 3 (0.53%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.53%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.35%) Bash
8 2 (0.35%) COBOL
8 2 (0.35%) JCL
8 2 (0.35%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.35%) Scala
9 1 (0.18%) Groovy
9 1 (0.18%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.18%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.18%) PHP
9 1 (0.18%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 136 (23.86%) Degree
2 61 (10.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 52 (9.12%) Master's Degree
4 28 (4.91%) Security Cleared
5 19 (3.33%) SC Cleared
6 8 (1.40%) MBA
7 7 (1.23%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.23%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.23%) PMP
8 6 (1.05%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.05%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.05%) CSPO
9 5 (0.88%) CISSP
10 4 (0.70%) CISM
10 4 (0.70%) SAP Certification
11 3 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.53%) CITP
11 3 (0.53%) HNC
11 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.35%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.14%) QA
2 31 (5.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (4.39%) NIST
4 21 (3.68%) NCSC
5 20 (3.51%) Data Quality
6 17 (2.98%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.23%) ISO 20022
8 5 (0.88%) IFRS
8 5 (0.88%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.88%) PMO
8 5 (0.88%) SEPA
9 4 (0.70%) GDPR
9 4 (0.70%) ISO 8583
9 4 (0.70%) PSD2
10 2 (0.35%) COREP
10 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.35%) FINREP
10 2 (0.35%) SLA
11 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.18%) NIST 800
System Software
1 15 (2.63%) Docker
2 6 (1.05%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (1.05%) vSphere
3 2 (0.35%) Firmware
3 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.35%) RACF
3 2 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (2.98%) Terraform
2 15 (2.63%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.88%) Ansible
4 4 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.53%) Puppet
5 3 (0.53%) Salt
6 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 2 (0.35%) WSUS
7 1 (0.18%) Argo
7 1 (0.18%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.18%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.18%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 81 (14.21%) Microsoft
2 52 (9.12%) Google
3 24 (4.21%) Foundry
4 23 (4.04%) Databricks
5 21 (3.68%) Salesforce
6 17 (2.98%) SAP
7 15 (2.63%) Dell
7 15 (2.63%) OpenAI
8 13 (2.28%) NVIDIA
9 9 (1.58%) Oracle
10 6 (1.05%) VMware
10 6 (1.05%) Zoho
11 5 (0.88%) Manugistics
12 4 (0.70%) Apple
13 3 (0.53%) Adobe
13 3 (0.53%) Sage
13 3 (0.53%) Vertica
13 3 (0.53%) YouTube
14 2 (0.35%) Facebook
14 2 (0.35%) TikTok